Many residents work for or in connection to the terminus of the historic trans-Alaska pipeline system, visible across Port Valdez. The town is simply arranged and easy to navigate, with walkable ...

After over 60 years of existence, the Port of Alaska is already in the process of the largest change since its inception.

The solution? A pipeline — a stationary, 800-mile-long tube dedicated to delivering oil to a shipping terminal in the year-round port of Valdez. Pipeline-like transports are not new.